Because in America, that statement is so heretical and antithetical to what the average American thinks America is, that most people probably wouldn't even be mad at you for saying it: They'd think you were legitimately unwell/insane.
It's on the same level as saying "I hate liberals and am not conservative".
I guess the path would be to just point at the mini mussolinis - like every small business owner I've dealt with has blatantly stolen wages, fucked with workers' hours, and berated employees. But hey that isn't unique to small business, if only we had some sort of workplace democracy
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